Staff: Maria A. Rincon, PhD, MPH
Maria A. Rincon, PhD, MPH
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow
- Office of the Associate Director (OAD)
- Behavioral Research Program (BRP)
maria.rincon@nih.gov
240-276-6814
Maria Rincon, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a Cancer Research Training Award Fellow in the Office of the Associate Director of the Behavioral Research Program.
Dr. Rincon's research focuses on assessment and validation of behavioral measurements and the impact of eHealth literacy on use of health information technology and cancer outcomes.
Dr. Rincon is interested in the improvement of eHealth and cancer health literacy among minorities and underrepresented groups and how this might impact adoption and use of online health information resources.
Dr. Rincon earned her Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Temple University. For her dissertation, Dr. Rincon assessed the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ) in a low-income, urban minority population of cancer patients in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to her doctoral studies, Dr. Rincon completed a 2-year internship in health communications in the Outcomes Research Branch with DCCPS' Healthcare Delivery Research Program. Dr. Rincon received a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the Yale School of Public Health. She holds a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of South Florida.
Current and/or past BRP mentors include Richard Moser.
Research Areas
- eHealth
- Health literacy
- Health information technology
- Cancer outcomes
- Behavioral measurement
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Chin SM, Lepore SJ, Collins BN, Dumenci L, Rincon MA. Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Tobacco Urge Management Scale (TUMS). Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 Apr 10; 20(8):5453.
- Moss JL, Pinto CN, Mama SK, Rincon M, Kent EE, Yu M, Cronin KA. Rural-urban differences in health-related quality of life: patterns for cancer survivors compared to other older adults. Qual Life Res 2021 Apr; 30(4):1131-1143.
- Rincon MA, Smith AW, Yu M, Kent EE. Trends in Racial/Ethnic Disparity of Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults with and without Cancer (1998-2012). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020 Jun; 29(6):1188-1195.
- Lepore SJ, Rincon MA, Buzaglo JS, Golant M, Lieberman MA, Bauerle Bass S, Chambers S. Digital literacy linked to engagement and psychological benefits among breast cancer survivors in Internet-based peer support groups. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2019 Jul; 28(4):e13134.
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